Title Northern Benguela shelf total cumulative upwelling index, 1997 to 2018
Project Bio-optical Investigation of Phytoplankton
Authors

Lamont, Tarron
Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment; role: Marine Scientist

Barlow, R.G.
Bayworld Centre for Research and Education; role: Marine Scientist

Brewin, R.J.W.
Plymouth Marine Laboratory; role: Marine Scientist

Publisher Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (2019)
Contributors

Contact Person: Lamont, Tarron
Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment; role: Marine Scientist; email: tlamont@dffe.gov.za

Abstract Seasonal mean total cumulative upwelling in the Northern Benguela (15-29°S;8-16.8°E) shelf region during austral summer, autumn, winter, and spring.
Methods Daily-averaged NCEP-DOE Reanalysis 2 wind vectors were used to compute daily values of cumulative Ekman Transport (m3 s-1) per 100m of coastline (Lamont et al. 2018. JMS 188: 3-16). Monthly values were then computed by summing the daily values per month. Seasonal means were computed by averaging data over a three-month period for each season, defined as austral summer (December, January, February), autumn (March, April, May), winter (June, July, August), and spring (September, October, November).
Data
Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Temporal extent 01 Jan 1997 – 01 Jan 2018
Geographic extent
500 km
Leaflet Tiles © Esri — Source: Esri, DeLorme, NAVTEQ, USGS, Intermap, iPC, NRCAN, Esri Japan, METI, Esri China (Hong Kong), Esri (Thailand), TomTom, 2012

Northern Benguela, Benguela Upwelling, South African West Coast, South East Atlantic Ocean

North: -15.0
South: -29.0
West: 8.0
East: 16.8

Keywords Agulhas and Somali Current Large Marine Ecosystems Project, ASCLME, BCLME, Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem, bio-optics, EOV: Physics > Ocean surface stress, EOV: Physics > Surface currents, Northern Benguela, phytoplankton biomass, remote sensing, SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN, upwelling
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